Shipping box or case



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atented Sept. 4, i923.

MICHAEL WILL QUIRK, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SHIPPING BOX 0E CASE.

Application ed March 27, 1922. Serial No. 547,152.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, MICHAEL WILLIAM Quinn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shipping Boxes or Cases, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shipping boxes orv cases and particularly to containers ofl this .type designed specially for holding bottles.

The invention has for one of its objects to provide means for reinforcing the lower portion of the box and furthermore to provide a construction whereby the lower section or bottom of the box when-damaged or worn out may be quickly and conveniently replaced. y

In shipping cases of this general type it has been found that the bottomof the box frequently becomes broken, because of thel rough usage and strain to which it is subjected when the bottles are carelessly placed therein. Shipping cases therefore which are in every otherrespect suitable for continued use must Vbe discarded, thereby incurring considerable expense in replacing the broken,

cases.

Therefore, as stated hereinbefore, the main object of my invention is to substantially reinforce the bottom of shipping cases or boxes and furthermore to so construct the same that the bottom may be made sepaiable and may when the occasion demands be replaced. y

In addition to this, this invention contemplates the reinforcement of the box proper as also the bottom thereof so that the whole container may more efiiciently withstand the strain to which it is subjected during use.

The details of construction of this invention as well as the advantages incident thereto will be more completely set forth in the accompanying speciication and shown in detail in the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation` of a shipping box or case constructed in accordance with this present invention,

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof,

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3--3k of Fig. 1, i

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail view, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is a similar view of a modified form of construction, and

Fig. 6 is a similar view of still another modification.

In the drawings, reference being had to Figs. 1 to 4 particularly, it will be seen that the box or case consists of a four sided body 10 provided with a lurality of transverse rods 11 and longitudinal rods 12, which cooperate to serve as spacing means for dividing thebox into compartments for receiving the individual bottles. In order to insure a firm connection between the box and the ends of the rods 11 and 12, each rod is provided with washers 13, which bear against the sides of the box 10.

In the form of this invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 the bottom is shown as formed integrally with the box and the edge is re-v cessed as at 14 to receive metal reinforcing ends of which are bent at right angles asA indicated at 18 and secured in place b rivets 19 passing through these an lar y bent ends and also through the rein orcing strips 15. In order to form a bottom or support for the contents of the box or case there is provided a plurality of longitudinally disposed rods 20 and transversely disposed rods 21, the' ends of which pass through the lower edge of the box and through the reinforcing strips 15 and are formed with rivet-heads to firmlyi bind the lowerI edge of the box together. The transverse strip 17 is apertured at suitably spaced points to permit the longitudinal rods' 20 to pass therethrough, thereby holding said longitudinal rods in spaced relation medially of their length.

From the structure described thus far itY an" v which the bottom consists of a separate rectangular trame 25 recessed aspat 26 to receive reinforcing strips 27, in the same manner as described with reference to the structure shown in Figs. to d. tn this form the rectangular frame 2.3 would be provided With the transverse strip l?, the longitudinal rods 2O and the transverse rods 21, shown in detaii in Fig. 3. The separate bottom thus formed is. in this instance secured to box tl'by means ot nails, screws or the like 28 which pass upwardly through the rectangular frame 25 .into the bottom edge of theibozr 10. Thus it is seen that a separate and removable reinforced bottom is provided ivhich when the occasion demands may be quickly and conveniently repiaced.

iiliiie' there is disclosed in some detaii the several parts of this present invention it should be understood that such disclosure does not iiniitithe scope of the invention but that reservation is made to make such changes in the form thereof as may come Within the purview of the accompanying claims. i,

Having thus described the invention, what is ciaimed is:

shipping bei; or case, a body, fi bottoni edge oi said bod y formedwit recesses, reinforcing strips disposed in sai recesses and secured to said body andsupportinghrods extending across the bottom ot said body and having their ends secured in saii reinforcing strips.

A shipping box comprising a body, 'the bottom edge of said body being formed Witc a recess, metal reinforcing strips disposed in said recess and secured to said body, an apertured strip secured to the bottom vedge of said body and supporting rods extending across the bottom of said body and passing through the openings formed in said strip, the end ot said rods being secured in said reinforcing strips.

3. in a shipping vcase or box, a body, spacing rods extending across said body and a removable bottom secured to said body, said bottom comprising a traine formed with a recess, reinforcing strips secured thereto and in said recesses and a plurality of transversely and longitudinally disposed rods, the ends of said rods being secured in said reinforcing strips.

4. In a shipping box orcase, a rectangular body, partitioning rods extending across said body, Washers carried by said rods and bearing against said body and a bottom rernovabiy secured to said body, said bottom comprising a rectangular frame formed with a recess, reinforcing strips disposed in said recess and secured to said frame, a transversely disposed metal strip secured to said traine and a plurality of iongitudinal'ly and transversely disposed rods extending across said frame, the ends ot said rods being secured `to said reinforcing strips, said metai strip being suitably apertured to permit said longitudinally disposed rods to pass therethrough.

in testimony whereof, adir: my signature,

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